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+/* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
+ * Copyright by The HDF Group.						     *
+ * Copyright by the Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois.	     *
+ * All rights reserved.							     *
+ *	                                                                     *
+ * This file is part of HDF5.  The full HDF5 copyright notice, including     *
+ * terms governing use, modification, and redistribution, is contained in    *
+ * the files COPYING and Copyright.html.  COPYING can be found at the root   *
+ * of the source code distribution tree; Copyright.html can be found at the  *
+ * root level of an installed copy of the electronic HDF5 document set and   *
+ * is linked from the top-level documents page.  It can also be found at     *
+ * http://hdfgroup.org/HDF5/doc/Copyright.html.  If you do not have	     *
+ * access to either file, you may request a copy from help@hdfgroup.org.     *
+ * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * */
+
+/*
+ *  This example illustrates the creation of groups using absolute and
+ *  relative names. It is used in the HDF5 Tutorial.
+ */
+
+#include <iostream>
+#include <string>
+
+#include "H5Cpp.h"
+
+#ifndef H5_NO_NAMESPACE
+    using namespace H5;
+#ifndef H5_NO_STD
+    using std::cout;
+    using std::endl;
+#endif  // H5_NO_STD
+#endif
+
+const H5std_string FILE_NAME("groups.h5");
+
+int main(void)
+{
+
+    // Try block to detect exceptions raised by any of the calls inside it
+    try
+    {
+      
+	// Turn off the auto-printing when failure occurs so that we can
+	// handle the errors appropriately.
+
+	Exception::dontPrint();
+
+	// Create a new file using default properties.
+
+	H5File file(FILE_NAME, H5F_ACC_TRUNC);
+
+	// Create group "MyGroup" in the root group using an absolute name.
+	 
+	Group group1(file.createGroup( "/MyGroup"));
+ 
+	// Create group "Group_A" in group "MyGroup" using an
+	// absolute name.
+
+	Group group2(file.createGroup("/MyGroup/Group_A"));   
+
+	// Create group "Group_B" in group "MyGroup" using a
+	// relative name.
+  
+	Group group3(group1.createGroup ("Group_B"));
+ 
+	// Close the groups and file.
+
+	group1.close();
+	group2.close();
+	group3.close();
+	file.close();
+    
+    } // end of try block
+
+    // catch failure caused by the File operations
+    catch(FileIException error)
+    {
+	error.printError();
+	return -1;
+    }
+
+    // catch failure caused by the Group operations
+    catch(GroupIException error)
+    {
+	error.printError();
+	return -1;
+    }
+
+    return 0;
+}
+
+